S05E10 Christopher's achilles heel

SONG EXPLODER EPISODE 3 FEATURING R.E.M’S LOSING MY RELIGION and PHILY BOWDEN’S BERLIN MARATHON VIDEO THE RACE THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING: Reviewed!  

Hey podcast lovers! It’s time to play the game. Are you ready? It’s CCCAH mania brother, and it’s running wild on you! Are you catching our drift? It’s Wrestlemania week, or at least, the aftermath of Mania week. The week after the week before. And on our dormant YouTube channel (youtube.com/@cccappraisalhour) we live streamed the first episode of our WWE PLE podcast The Cultural Mania Content Predictions Half Hour. This first episode was live streamed on YouTube but if it continues … who knows? So check this out while you can: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qySPFrQV4Lo

But hey, mania is over. So let’s start the regularly scheduled show. SCORES SO FAR THIS SEASON ARE: 

Jeffrey: 6

Christopher: 5

We’re reviewing some fun stuff today so strap in. We’re going to the alt rock 90s scene and the 2025 London marathon so just that classic, forever-time-travelling feeling you get on the CCCAH. We hope you don’t suffer from vertigo or one of any number of other ailments related to being in two different points of time simultaneously! Like throwing up. I would throw up. 

Anyway, let’s get to the stuff. The main stuff is: everyone wish Christopher luck on his upcoming London marathon this weekend. Wish him luck and give him kudos on Strava: https://strava.app.link/GsqLvr4iOSb

We’ll see you for another episode post-marathon next week! When you really think about it, all our episodes are pre-marathon or post-marathon … for some marathon or another. Some episodes are just faster getting to the pain than others, I suppose.  

Song Exploder episode 3 on R.E.M’s “Losing My Religion”: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81025976

Here is the latest interview R.E.M interview. They are such a wholesome foursome … just sweetly talking about how they’ll never properly reunite as a band … I’m not crying, you’re crying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATHHACcw3Q4

As mentioned on the pod, here is a Stereogum story covering Michael Shannon and how his R.E.M tribute shows have led to some amazing things: https://www.stereogum.com/2298651/r-e-m-reunite-again-watch-them-play-pretty-persuasion-with-michael-shannon-jason-narducy/news/

Philly Bowden’s vlog (like most vlogs on the ol’ YouTube) has a title with specific intentions that relies on ALL CAPS at points so let me just copy and paste it for ya right here. The Race That Changed EVERYTHING - The Berlin Marathon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYKXaF2GfJQ

Phily Bowden is one of many people (do you know any) who has days to go until she runs the London Marathon! How exciting. This is a YouTube short about that, if you’re familiar with the format (we are): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2cq8Uo0MkXo

The London Marathon owners are not on Twitter! This feels low key relevant? https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/apr/23/london-marathon-organisers-boycott-x-over-descent-into-gutter-under-elon-musk

Special FAVE MOMENT FROM THE POD RECORD note for VIP read-the-whole-show-notes-members only: Before we started recording, Christopher got out his guitar and played Losing My Religion while I sat there. You know like when you’re at a party and someone gets the acoustic guitar out and … yeah. 

SPOILERS BELOW FOR NEXT WEEK’S CONTENT: 

CHRISTOPHER’S pitch for JEFFREY: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q12XDphPJL0

JEFFREY’S pitch for CHRISTOPHER:

https://www.netflix.com/watch/81716300

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